ECMA Winners
Published Monday February 11th, 2008
FREDERICTON - Winners at last night's East Coast Music Awards:
* Entertainer of the Year: George Canyon
* Recording of the Year: Ashtray Rock (Joel Plaskett Emergency)
* Female Solo Recording of the Year: If You Were For Me (Rose Cousins)
* Group Recording of the Year: Ashtray Rock (Joel Plaskett Emergency)
* Male Solo Recording of the Year: House For Sale (Dave Gunning)
* Rising Star Recording of the Year: Brand New Skin (Stephanie Hardy).
* Group Single of the Year: "Fashionable People" (Joel Plaskett Emergency)
* SOCAN Songwriter of the Year: Joel Plaskett for "Fashionable People" (performed by Joel Plaskett Emergency)
* Video of the Year: "Fashionable People" directed by Randall Thorne (Joel Plaskett Emergency)
* DVD of the Year: Back Stage Pass (The Rankin Family)
* African-Canadian Recording of the Year: It's The Music (Jamie Sparks)
* Alternative Recording of the Year: The City Destroyed Me (Nathan Wiley)
* Bluegrass Recording of the Year: Saddle River String Band (Saddle River String Band)
* Blues Recording of the Year: Into The Dirt (Thom Swift)
* Classical Recording of the Year:
Forbidden City Tour (New Brunswick Youth Orchestra)
* Country Recording of the Year: You Ain't Gettin' My Country (The Divorcees)
* Francophone Recording of the Year: 11 :11 (Vishten)
* Folk Recording of the Year: Looking Back - Volume 2: House For Sale (Dave Gunning)
* Gospel Recording of the Year: New Beginnings (Chelsea Nisbett)
* Instrumental Recording of the Year: Live From the Music Room (Troy MacGillvray)
* Jazz Recording of the Year: For The Record (Bill Stevenson & Tom Easley)
* Pop Recording of the Year: Little Jabs (Two Hours Traffic)
* Rap/Hip-Hop Single Track
Recording of the Year: Hard To Be Hip Hop (Classified)
* Rock Recording of the Year: Ashtray Rock (Joel Plaskett Emergency)
* Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year: Reunion (The Rankin Family)
* Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year: Falling On New Ground (Kimberly Fraser)
* Urban Single Track Recording of the Year: If You Were (Jamie Sparks)
* Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award: the Acadian New Brunswick group, 1755.